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Calvin's bestie says Taylor Swift was 'brutal'

John Newman has revealed that he was by Calvin's side following the DJ's split with Taylor Swift earlier this year.

Things for messy between Tay-Tay and Calvin, who dated for over a year, after it was revealed that Tay had ghost-written his hit song 'This Is What You Came For'.

John spoke out about the relationship's bitter end, saying he no longer speaks to Calvin's ex.

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Taylor and Calvin. Source: Getty
Taylor and Calvin. Source: Getty

"From her side? Yeah, it did get brutal," the singer told The Sun.

"I'm like Calvin, happy to take a back seat. I like my music to do the talking."

John performing at one of Calvin's shows. Source: Getty
John performing at one of Calvin's shows. Source: Getty

At the time, the 'Love Me Again' singer tweeted a congratulatory message to Calvin and Rihanna, who collaborated on the tune. He also congratulated Taylor Swift in the tweet.

But it wasn't long before he deleted the message and re-worded it to not include the 'Shake It Off' star.

"When I tweeted that, there was a text almost immediately from Calvin," John said.

"He was like, 'Down. Now'. And then it all came out anyway."

Taylor and Calvin dated for a year. Source: Getty
Taylor and Calvin dated for a year. Source: Getty

He added: "No I'm not [friendly with Taylor any more], I don't agree with what's gone on. But I shouldn't comment further.

"I wouldn't know her well enough, weirdly. She's in another world."

Following their split, Calvin praised Taylor's songwriting skills.

The 32-year-old star wrote to Twitter: "I wrote the music, produced the song, arrange it and cut the vocals though. And initially she wanted it kept secret, hence the pseudonym."

He added: "And she sings on a little bit of it too. Amazing lyric writer and she smashed it as usual."

It wasn't long after that all went down that it was revealed Taylor had moved on from him with actor Tom Hiddleston.

Taylor and Tom in Rome. Source: Splash.
Taylor and Tom in Rome. Source: Splash.

At the time, Calvin wrote: "Please focus on the positive aspects of YOUR life because you've earned a great one."

He later added: "I know you're off tour and you need someone new to try and bury like Katy ETC but I'm not that guy, sorry. I won't allow it.

"I figure if you're happy in your new relationship you should focus on that instead of trying to tear your ex bf down for something to do.

"Hurtful to me at this point that her and her team would go so far out of their way to try and make ME look bad at this stage though."


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